Jordin McFarlane, a senior at Lisbon High School has been chosen as the cover design winner for the “The Corridor Jazz Project XIX”, a compilation of recordings featuring twenty-one high school jazz bands produced by Iowa’s Jazz Station.
The Corridor Jazz Project features the top jazz bands from Jefferson, Kennedy, Prairie, Xavier and Washington High Schools in Cedar Rapids; Linn-Mar and Marion; City High, Liberty, and West High in Iowa City, Anamosa, Center-Point Urbana, Clear Creek-Amana, Independence, Lisbon, Mid-Prairie, Mt. Vernon, Solon, West Branch, West Liberty, and Williamsburg.
Jordin will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM.
Receiving Honorable Mention in the contest were these students:
- Koen Feldt, Kennedy
- Clara Haller, Marion
- Starla Rubalcava, Marion
- Jayda Sanks, Marion
- Lily Toomer, Marion
Jordin’s original piece, as well as those receiving Honorable Mention will be exhibited during the Corridor Jazz Project concerts, March 9 at the Paramount Theatre, and March 10 at Voxman Hall of Music, University of Iowa.
The Corridor Jazz Project is a jazz education and mentoring program created by KCCK-FM. The program matches each high school’s top jazz band with a professional jazz player, who performs as a guest soloist with the band. The subsequent recordings have been collected and will be released as a downloadable album and CD.